Hi all.
Hi Severin. I admire your willingness to give it a go, and to evaluate it's
usefulness objectively.
As a switcher from windows (after many years of building and servicing
windows Linux machines) I love, really love, my Macs and iDevices but for
what it is worth…
I don't use Launchpad,
Hi All
A fiend of mine has a problem with a 27 iMac (bought early 2009).
Occasionally the screen goes black but everything seems to keep going in
the background (music keeps playing etc).
If he turns it off (using the power button) it restarts OK then the screen
goes black again. If he turns off
to mention this, but it isn't just the Energy Saver settings?
David Noel // 2011 Nov 30
On 30 November 2011 12:45, S Beach sbscr...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Carlo
I'll get him to give the Apple store a call.
Good point re firmware. I'll check that too.
Regards
Shayne Beach
Hi all
I don't know about their webmail because I don't bother with the email
accounts provided by ISP's.
However we have been using Ozemail/iiNet for many years and have been very
happy with them. Even during a recent support issue with a crackly phone
line I was very happy with their swift
Hi Ronnie et al.
This is another viewpoint rather than a criticism:
I note your comment Also another reason why I don’t use Firefox as my
Internet Browser...
It should be clarified that that *the article you referred to is in no way
suggesting that Firefox is any less secure for the user than
Hi John
Along with the excellent resources of WAMUG your college may also find
these links helpful
https://support.apple.com/videos/#macos Video Tutorials
https://www.apple.com/support/switch101/ Moving from Windows to Mac
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT2514 Moving from Windows to Mac - On
Actually it is not really as complex as it looks.
That diagram is what online marketing specialists show to business people
to convince them that they need an online marketing specialist.
Clear as mud?... Thats the point.
Frankly only the most popular services are really worth using and chances
mmm
maxed out new 17 ivy bridge MBP… if only.
Damn!
Anyone know where I can still get a latest model 17 before they all
disappear? Not sure that the 15, however snazzy it is, will do the job I
need.
I guess I'll have to have a look at one with retina display and see what it
is like.
Shayne
On
.
Kind regards
Daniel
---
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MacWizardry
Phone: 0414 795 960
Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au
Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au
**For everything Apple**
On 13/06/2012, at 10:11 PM, S Beach wrote:
mmm
maxed out new 17 ivy bridge MBPŠ if only.
Damn
good. You just reminded
me, I haven't installed it on my MacBook Pro since upgrading to Lion. I
will do so now and report back.
Reg
Reg Whitely
Home: 08 9921 7272
Mob: 04 8899 7313
Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net javascript:;
On 29/06/2012, at 10:17 pm, S Beach wrote:
Hi Peter
Hi All
*In case anyone is interested I am selling my trusty MacBook Pro 17. *
I would probably keep using this faithful workhorse if it were not for my
ongoing need to run high end CAD software and I am selling now because the
time is right for tax purposes and because it still has apple car for
Hi Stephanie
For a duplicate file finder *Gemini
http://macpaw.com/duplicate-finder* from MacPaw is
getting reasonable reviews e.g.
http://mac.appstorm.net/general/gemini-meet-the-gorgeous-new-duplicate-finder-from-macpaw/
Note that the price has gone up since this review I think.
I have not
Hi Bill and friends
I went through a process of looking for a low budget vector graphics app a
few months back and after reading through several reviews and looking for
alternatives to freehand and/or illustrator on alternativeto.net I
purchased iDraw. So far it is doing the job nicely for what I
It's good, it's expensive… for the mac app… and the iPad app… and the *
separate* iPhone app.
You need to *really* want Omnifocus (OF) to buy the whole ensemble and as
they don't have a web app you may need to pay the extra for the mobile
version to follow the full Getting Things Done (GTD)
Hi All
Following on from Ronni's excelent pdf article titled Prepare For Mountain
Lion OS X 10.8…
Sorry for the sensational subject line but I am just quoting from this
articlehttp://www.zdnet.com/dont-upgrade-to-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-before-reading-this-701609/:
(full link here -
Heh heh if you clicked on that link to roaringapps.com you went to the
wrong place try this:
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
Sorry
Shayne
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 3:00 PM, S Beach sbscr...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi All
Following on from Ronni's excelent pdf article titled Prepare For
Mountain
Hi Alan
For comparison, I have a late 2009 Macbook Pro with the same Processor as
yours, 8 GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive with only 47GB free.
I have not seen a noticeable slowdown since installing Mountain Lion.
Generally it seems to be business as usual.
Given my experience I would suspect
this email
http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search~S2?/tGetting+Things+Done/tgetting+things+done/1%2C6%2C8%2CB/framesetFF=tgetting+things+done+the+art+of+stress+free+productivity1%2C1%2C#.UCnIq0K2VkY
On 26/07/2012, at 11:15 PM, S Beach wrote:
It's good, it's expensive… for the mac app
Heh Heh.
Maybe it should be WA Apple Users (WAAU) pronounced Wow... sort of... :-)
Shayne
On Wednesday, September 12, 2012, Pat wrote:
AUWA …Sounds painful.
Cheers,
Pat
On 11/09/2012, at 9:59 AM, Tony Cockbain geoe...@arach.net.au wrote:
There must be a lot of Apple Users out
... And if you need or want Google Street View on iOS6 you can now access
it via this web app:
www.qsview.com
It works quite well and you can switch to Google maps satellite view as
well.
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 6:01 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
Hi WAMUGers,
In case you missed it,
Heh Heh…
Most of us don't have a car that was built these days Susan. :-)
I guess Pedro's link is useful for the rest of us.
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 8:53 PM, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@mac.comwrote:
I can also make calls using the touch screen on our in car gps system.
Again, once the
Hi
webcity.com.au have provided me with good service over the past 3 years or
so.
They are competitively priced but not cheap and nasty.
If you want a wide range of comments you might also like to check
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/116
Don't get lost in there tho.
Regards
Shayne
On
oooh and The Evil Empire (Telstra) are doing it for free too! ... but you
have to call them first.
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/235351,telstra-to-unlock-its-iphones-for-free.aspx
(Perhaps they won't be so evil when they are split and no longer rule of the
nation's primary broadband network)
Don't panic Mr Mannering! (Nods to the old Dad's Army series of
yesteryear)
Actually Paul it is not disturbing really. The second reply that John got
from Agile support is a reasonable explanation of why he is getting warning
messages from Little Snitch. It is simply advising him what the
harsh or offensive.
Regards
Shayne
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Paul Weaver pwea...@westnet.com.auwrote:
Well then, good luck to you. PW.
- Original Message -
From: S Beach sbscr...@gmail.com
To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Sent: Friday, 10 December, 2010 8:06:41
Following on from the discussion on programming apps for iOS devices at the
December WAMUG meeting, here is some more info if anyone is interested.
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/12/19/apple-posts-free-developer-documentation-for-ibooks-users/
Regards
Shayne
-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing
Hi TIm
A possible option is to use the OpenDNS service (opendns.org). I have
posted on the security benefits of this previously but they also have a
logging service. It won't tell you which computer in the house is the
culprit but it will tell you where all the data is coming from (or going).
It
There is another free option called Prey too http://preyproject.com/
Regards
Shayne
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.auwrote:
On 23/12/2010, at 4:10 PM, Kyle Kreusch wrote:
Looks interesting, but they are having some problems at the moment.
--
Hi Mac et al
I concur with Carlo's good outline, treat windows on a Mac as... windows.
Since Windows XP service pack 2 Windows has had a reasonable firewall.
As Carlo said make sure it has the latest patches etc. If you have XP that
means service Pack 3 and a small army of patches on patches.
Hi John
Ditto to the previous responses. If you can afford an i7 that will
definately help - if you are running a big CAD package go for power.
Remember that a virtual machine is sharing your CPU.
Either way definately go with at least 8Gb RAM for running VMware/Parallels.
Note that windows (any
ooh I could go one of those new 17 Macbook Pro's.
Mine is so old now - heck it must be at least 16 months since I bought it. I
wonder if the tax man would approve an upgrade? :-)
Regards
Shayne Beach
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.comwrote:
The details are
Hi Peta
I have an iPhone 4. When I connect it to Macbook Pro (running latest OSX
10.6.x) via the usb cable BOTH iTunes and iPhoto automatically open up.
iPhoto displays the all photos on my iPhone (or just the un-synced ones if I
choose) and has a botton (lower right) titled Import all images (or
The best rumor yet... :-)
http://technabob.com/blog/2011/02/22/ipad-2-to-have-27-inch-screen
Regards
Shayne
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Good advice all round.
To give some comparison though...
I don't do any of the battery saving measures Ronni mentioned (except
keeping bluetooth off) and I have very good battery life with my iPhone 4.
I liberally use 3G, wifi, play music, push mail etc, leave location services
setting on (but
Now seems an appropriate time to mention this...
I got this monitor app for my iphone a while back
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/activity-monitor-touch/id385619152?mt=8
at the time it was free on a promo but now $2.49
I ran it the other day and noticed that a lot of the memory was used up. I
will often tell
you which ones these are.
Cheers,
Carlo
On 2011-05-12, at 10:19, S Beach wrote:
Now seems an appropriate time to mention this...
I got this monitor app for my iphone a while back
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/activity-monitor-touch/id385619152?mt=8
at the time it was free
for iOS as yet, and I am sure this new style of memory
management will improve with each release.
Cheers,
Carlo
On 2011-05-14, at 12:37, S Beach wrote:
Thanks Carlo Ronni
I have heard the positive speak from apple before which is why I was a bit
surprised to see the used memory going down
In case anyone is interested here is a link to a nice App Bundle available
at the moment.
http://www.productivemacs.com/f/7531850
At least several of these apps are very well reviewed. I have tried a couple
of them and found them pretty useful.
Regards
Shayne
(Disclaimer: Just to be
Hi Peter
If you don't necessarily want the latest version I have a copy of
Office 2008 Home Student (3 users) for Mac that I no longer need.
I have unregistered it from the one Mac I had it on. So the 3 licenses
are usable.
In original box with original disk and licenses keys. It looks like
the
Interesting article on new Malware targeting Mac OS
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/mac-malware-alert-apple-devices-easier-to-infect-than-windows-20110523-1ezoc.html
As someone in the comments points out though:
*Please note that this is NOT a virus - it is a Trojan, ie a malicious
Apple style:
1997 - no more beige!
2011 - Grey IS a colour scheme.
Great work Apple. Good products... but, ugly.
And yes, I have changed the image on my login screen from crappy grey
linen to a nice photo from my recent trip to Kakadu.
Apparently Ronni, Tom now thinks you are a god.
*God! That was it the command key.*
I'm pretty sure that's not true but either way we're not worthy :-)
Regards
Shayne
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
Hey Tom,
It is the same in Snow Leopard Lion … hold
Hi Pete et al.
Sorry I had to reply…
your emails say it is 7:30pm but the website says 7.00pm (inc the iCal
feed).
(I'll be quite happy if it's been changed back to 7.30pm - then I might be
able to come again.)
*What is the correct time?*
Regards
Shayne
On Monday, December 3, 2012, Pete
... Aaand back to the question of alternatives to Shazam (in the original
post). I use Soundhound. It works pretty well. It even identified
Bittersweet Symphony from my dodgy humming.
According to this review on Lifehacker it is a worthy opponent to Shazam:
Hi Alex
The previous responses to your querey are not isolated, one eyed opinions as
can be seen in the recently released results of The Australian Broadband
Survey for 2009. http://whirlpool.net.au/survey/2009/
The survay was conducted over a four week period — from 1 January to
1 February 2010,
knowledge and experience - I
don't think any has offered an opinion as the 'ultimate truth' in a way that
could be considered 'one eyed'. Just my 2c worth, again. Regards, Susan
---
Susan Hastings
Mobile: 0409688004
On 15/04/2010, at 11:59 AM, S Beach sbscr...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Alex
Alex and others may also be interested in this:
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/342686/iinet_offers_first_true_iptv/
Regards
Shayne Beach
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:59 AM, S Beach sbscr...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Alex
The previous responses to your querey are not isolated, one eyed
Hi John
I use a free utility called Disk Inventory X to help find space guzzling
files. You can find it here http://www.derlien.com - you can see a link to a
quick intro video on the home page.
I have used Linux and windows versions in the past as well - very handy.
Regards
Shayne Beach
Hi Stuart
Is there a web app with a suitable feature set?... Eg Nirvana -
nirvanahq.com
Probably not as fully featured as Things but available wherever you are.
iPhone app in development too.
I've tried it andRemember the Milk - rememberthemilk.com not sure which I
will go with.
You may prefer
iiNet recently bought Netspace so their service and customer support should
be pretty good.
We've had an excellent run with iiNet for many years. Have no experience
with the others.
Regards
Shayne Beach
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Ashley Mulder
ashley.mul...@student.curtin.edu.au wrote:
and (not much) more info at http://www.apple.com/au/retail/perthcity/
Regards
Shayne
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Christopher S c...@iinet.net.au wrote:
8am for media, 9am for the rest of us...
--
*Subject: *Apple to Open Retail Store in Perth on
Wow David
No one wanted to touch this one... is this a touchy subject or something?
I have used Free Download Manager (freedownloadmanager.org) on windows for
years with good results. It was good at downloading multiple segments of a
file simultaneously and also resuming a partial download after
Alternately, if you are happy with a few less features and a $0 price tag,
you can get various addons for firefox. The one I use at the moment is 'Fast
Youtube Downloader'.
It simply adds a download link just below the video on Youtube or any web
page with similar video format. It can save to
Alternately PDF the tutorials (if they are not video or audio) and email
them or provide a link on request.
Regards
Shayne
On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
Hello Rob,
Thanks for your reply, I had looked at .htaccess some time back, but never
found the
Heh Heh
As much as I like Mac I am a little bemused...
How a company that gave us the slogan No more Beige back in the nineties
still thinks that grey is a colour! :-)
Regards
Shayne
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.auwrote:
Agreed...that just wants to
Hi All
I put my name on the list at Telstra Shop in Armadale last Thursday arvo and
got a call the next day to say one was available.
Right time and right place I guess. Apparently they did not have a long
waiting list in that shop, at least not last week.
Of course this probably doesnt help if
All phones are talking bulldust. Typical sales blah.
Telstra shop gave me a free case seperate from the apple free case program.
(No I am not a Telstra fan just use them when I need to.)
To get your free case from Apple you download the free case app from the
app store and choose and order via
There is one of these printers (or similar model) collecting dust at my
workplace. It was cheaper to buy a new Dell printer than to replace the
colour cartridges in the Samsung apparently.
Regards
Shayne
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Glenn Cardwell gl...@glenncardwell.comwrote:
Agree with
Hey Lloyd
Hurry up and buy iWork 2009 so Apple can release a new version the day after
for the rest of us :-)
Regards
Shayne
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Lloyd White lloydwh...@iinet.net.au wrote:
I know I asked this question months ago but I have been waiting for Apple
to
do
Also
Something that *everyone should consider* whether you have kids or not is a
*secure DNS service* like opendns.com.
The DNS service usually provided by your ISP *does not provide any security*
.
This service sits between you and the internet and warns you if you are
following a link that is
Nah your definitely on drugs Ronni... :-)
I'm with you Susan - It aint there!
Regards
Shayne
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.comwrote:
Hi Ronni, well, it's definitely a mystery. Anyway, I can use Kindle and the
Borders app, so it's enough. Cheers, Susan
Austin Computers had something like this in their Cannington store a few
months ago (and presumably thier other stores too)
austin.net.au
I have no experience with them so can't comment on how effective they are.
Regards
Shayne
On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 5:01 PM, McCallum Malcolm
Speaking of protecting users.. a very usefull layer of protection, not from
viruses but from phishing and general malware is a service like OpenDNS.com.
This service simply warns you if a link you have clicked on is taking you to
a dodgy site. It does not run on any of your hardware and does not
Ice TV iPhone app works well.
I have not used any other similar service to compare it to but it works ok
for me on iPhone 4. I'm not sure how it would work without a subscription
but it is handy with a subscription to be able to check the guide and set a
program to record if I want it to and not
Hi Folks
I missed out on Kyles offer. If anyone else has a license to give away I'd
be muchly thankful to receive one.
Regards
Shayne
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Kyle Kreusch kylekreu...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi, All (GMUG) and WAMUG
I have no longer any more licenses to give away managed
-
Kyle Kreusch: - This E-Mail Was Dictated Using MacSpeech Dictate, [i]
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On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 11:42 PM, S Beach sbscr
--
Neil R. Houghton
Albany, Western Australia
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
Email: n...@possumology.com
on 26/11/10 7:05 AM, S Beach at sbscr...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks to Kyle Nikki
I now have one.
Janis do you still need one?
Regards
Shayne
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 3:16 AM, Janis
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